A first look at ‘The Hunger Games’ trailer

Move over “Twilight.” There’s a new teen-fiction series headed to the big screen. For fans of Suzanne Collins‘ wildly popular, post-apocalyptic “The Hunger Games,” today’s a big day. The trailer for the first film in the trilogy debuted on “Good Morning America” this morning, giving a first live-action look at who is bringing the characters to life.

We see “Winter’s Bone” Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence as District 12 tribute Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as her fellow competitor Peeta and Liam Hemsworth as Katniss’ best friend Gale, and a glimpse at some of the characters I’m most excited about — Lenny Kravitz as Hunger Games stylist Cinna, Donald Sutherland as President Snow and Woody Harrelson as mentor Haymitch Abernathy. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, give into guilty pleasures and get the books.

The trailer ends right as the Games begin, so who knows how the film will handle the violence that goes on in the book, but all in all it’s promising. It’s much better than the teaser trailer Lionsgate released during the MTV Movie Awards earlier this year.

What do you think? Are you excited to see the film when it’s released in March 23, 2012?